YOUNG North Korean men have reportedly been ordered to get the same haircut as the country’s leader Kim Jong-un.

The new “fashion guideline” for students was introduced two weeks ago, but not everyone is happy about the style, which is short on the sides and long on top, according to media in the region.

“Our leader’s haircut is very particular, if you will,” one North Korean resident told Radio Free Asia.

“It doesn’t always go with everyone since everyone has different face and head shapes.”

The demand started in Pyongyang and is now being implemented across the country.

However, a North Korean exile said the look is very unpopular because it reminds people of Chinese smugglers.

“Until the mid-2000s we called it the ‘Chinese smuggler haircut’,” the sources said.

And at least one website specialising in news on the rogue country — NKNews — sounded a note of caution that the reports may be inaccurate.

There have been rumours fotr years that the secretive, closed country has state-sanctioned hairstyles.

These are the female state-sanctioned haircuts you can choose in North Korea. Picture: APSource:AP

In the past, women could pick from 18 styles — including different styles for single or married women, while men were limited to 10 hairstyles.

Men were also ordered to cut their hair every 15 days, after North Korea launched a campaign against long hair, saying flowing locks took nutrition away from the brain and robbed people of intelligence, according to WantChina Times.

Men over age 50 were allowed longer hair to cover their bald spot, reported the BBC.